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Monday, 10 September 2012

Swimming ... ah natural

It’s been awhile and my life has been crazy busy over the
last couple months. So apologize for not posting on a regular basis.

I have decided to take swimming lessons again. Yes I said
again, because I’ve taken lessons numerous times before and made great progress
but never got to the place where I feel 100% comfortable jumping into a pool,
ocean, or lake. In retrospect, there are a couple of the reasons why I didn’t learn as a
child was, first of all neither of my parents swam and I also believe that dealing
with a little girl’s chlorine-filled hair once or twice a week was not
something my mother was interested in dealing with. I can understand that, I had a lot of hair back then and it was super thick.

At any rate, I’m here in my 30s, I’m taking swimming lessons
for the first time with natural hair. I’ve done a little research and found a
great video from Naptural85(one of my favourite youtubers) on how to protect your tress while swimming. The key seems to be filling your hair with
water and conditioner to keep it moisturized, but also if your strands are
already full of goodness, the chlorine will have a harder time penetrating
them. I plan to try Napturals85 steps and hopefully my hair will survive my
swimming adventures. :-) I’ll keep you all posted.